Josue Ramon Mercado, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · San Juan, PR
Josue Ramon Mercado, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1427095041, issued on Jun 1, 2006. Check the license (Puerto Rico 8845, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Josue Ramon Mercado
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- 8845 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Ashford Medical Center, San Juan, PR 00907
- Phone
- (787) 724-3507
- Enumerated
- Jun 1, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 11, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (787) 723-6224
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070605000556); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Josue Ramon Mercado in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Puerto Rico board licenses this profession
Search for license 8845Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
9% more Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
3,351 Medicare Part D claims for 363 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium283 claims
- Losartan Potassium245 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate241 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate225 claims
- Synthroid103 claims
- Eliquis101 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $224.72
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Josue Ramon Mercado among 259 cardiovascular disease physician records in Puerto Rico
Josue Ramon Mercado, MD is one of 259 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 97% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 19% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 19% of these records are older, 34% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 97% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 84% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 1991 among the 218 with a school on file
- Record last updated2009 · 64% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Puerto Rico
There are 259 cardiovascular disease physician records in Puerto Rico.
All 259 in Puerto Rico → Every provider in San Juan → Cardiovascular Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jose Acevedo-Valles, MDSan Juan, PR 009071215933916
- Carlos Girod, M.D.San Juan, PR 009071417947185
- Osvaldo Jimenez-Mercado, M.D.Santurce, PR 009071336102920
- Joshua Mercado-MaldonadoSan Juan, PR 009071013379379
- Francisco Merced-Ortiz, MDSan Juan, PR 009071750649786
- Juan Monserrate, MDSan Juan, PR 009071285602219
- Antonio Orraca-GotaySan Juan, PR 009071225473739
- Reynerio Perez Ramirez, M.D.San Juan, PR 009071003049289
Common questions
What is Josue Ramon Mercado, MD's NPI number?
Josue Ramon Mercado, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427095041, issued on Jun 1, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Josue Ramon Mercado, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Ashford Medical Center, San Juan, PR, 00907. Phone: (787) 724-3507. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Josue Ramon Mercado, MD's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 8845, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Josue Ramon Mercado, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Josue Ramon Mercado, MD had 3,351 Medicare Part D claims for 363 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.